Final Flashcards
What are the 3 ways that maleness or femaleness is characterized
Genetic sex, gonadal, pheotypic
Gonads are indifferent/bipotential through week ____
5 in the fetus
When do the testes begin to develop
Week 6-7
When do the ovaries begin to develop
Week 9
Genetic sex usually determines what
Gonadal sex
What are the 3 cell types for testes
Germ cells, sertoli cells, and leydig cells
What gonad cell type produces spermatogonia
Germcell
What gonadal cell type synthesizes antimulerian hormone and inhibin
Sertoli cells
What gonadal cell type synthesizes testosterone
Leydig cells
What are the 3 gonadal cell types of the ovaries
Germ cell, theca, theca + granulosa
What gonadal cell type produces oogonia
Germ cell of ovary
What gonadal cell type synthesizes progesterone
Theca
What gonadal cell type synthesizes estrogen
Theca and granulosa
What is defined by the physical characteristics of the internal genital tract and external genitalia
Phenotypic sex
What part of the phynotypic sex is the prostate, seminal vesicles, vas deferens, and epiidymis a part of
Internal genital tract
What is the external male genitalia
Scrotum penis
What part of the phenotypic sex is the fallopian tubes, uterus, upper 1.3 of vagina
Internal genital tract
What makes up the external genitalia of the phenotypic sex
Clitoris, labia majora, labia minora, lower 2/3 of vagina
Gonadal male have testes that secrete what for male phenotype
Antimullerian hormone and testosterone
What stimulate growth and differentiation of wolffian ducts
Testosterone
What causes atrophy of wolffian ducts
Antimullerian hormone
What depends on the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone and androgen receptors
Growth and development of external genitalia
